Description
Book Synopsis
With a refreshed design, this thoroughly updated new edition includes expanded coverage on social media and new boxes providing readers with the tips and tools they need for computer-assisted reporting.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. What Data Journalism and Computer-Assisted Reporting Is and Why Journalists Use It
Part I. Learning Computer-Assisted Reporting Skills
Chapter 2. Online Resources: Researching and Finding Data on the Internet
Chapter 3: Gathering and Analyzing Text and Social Media
Chapter 4. Spreadsheets, Part 1: Basic Math for Journalists
Chapter 5. Spreadsheets, Part 2: More Math that Matters
Chapter 6. Database Managers, Part 1: Searching and Summarizing
Chapter 7. Database Managers, Part 2: Matchmaking
Part II. Using Computer-Assisted Reporting in News Stories
Chapter 8. Getting Data Not on the Web: How to Find and Negotiate for Data
Chapter 9. Building Your Own Database: How to Develop Exclusive Sources
Chapter 10. Dirty Data: How to Fact Check Your Data and Clean It
Chapter 11. Doing the Data Journalism and Computer-Assisted Reporting Story: How to Report and Write with Data
Appendix A: A Short Introduction to Mapping Data
Appendix B: A Short Introduction to Social Network Analysis
